as billions in corporate donations make the u.s. presidential campaign the most expensive ever some americans believe whoever the wall street will end up being the winner. russia's foreign minister hits out of the international powers for refusing to negotiate with all sides in the syrian conflict saying talking to assad is the only way to stop the bloodshed. not in my backyard plans to build a london mega mosque of protesters worried that the islamic group developing it is aiming to radicalize local muslims.

world news live from the heart of moscow this is r t with me rule received. hurricane sandy has caused chaos to the u.s. presidential election with rallies canceled an early voting disrupted but it's the economic storm over the last few years which is wiring the electorate. looks at criticism thrown at the two major candidates over their links to the rich who are still hogging the wealth of the nation. as our tees up close us alexion coverage continues this week we turn our attention to domestic issues concerning voters now you us presidents have historically referred to america as an exceptional nation a land of opportunity where one can work hard and over time climb the proverbial economic ladder but one year ago that myth was boston when occupy wall street activists camped out here in zuccotti park igniting a nationwide grassroots movement protesting corporate greed wealth inequality

and in a word middle class today the fact is the u.s. gap between rich and poor has never been wider and unprecedented amount of americans are sliding down the proverbial ladder while the top one percent earn an average annual income of twenty four million dollars enough to bet on both horses running in the nation's biggest political race. it's the most expensive political playoff in u.s. history a competition for the country's most powerful position one of the things i suspect governor romney and i probably agree on is let's come back to something the president i agree on no matter who wins the two thousand and twelve election. all. of america's ninety nine percent movement will be left with a one percent president regardless of who we vote for wall street wins i mean

that's really one of the main messages is that when we're casting about we see that we have these corporations giving so much money to candidates and they can't be objective when it comes to the interests of the vast majority. of voters loving industries that ignited america's economic crisis real estate collapse job hemorrhage and foreclosure epidemic. is also on track to break campaign donation records for the two thousand and twelve presidential election each election cycle each four years because. the more they did four years ago so running for president is now a half a billion dollar undertaking you need half a billion dollars to credibly run for the president of united states and you're going to raise that from large corporations and wealthy individuals in the case of mitt romney wealth attracts wealth the republican candidate has a reported net worth of two hundred million dollars and according to the center for responsive politics the top eight financial contributors to romney's campaign are wall street banks with employees from goldman sachs bank of america and morgan

stanley rounding out the top three. this is the by the moment changes come to america by in two thousand and eight for rock obama became the largest beneficiary of wall street backing in u.s. election history. receiving more than forty two million dollars from the finance insurance and real estate sectors it's hard to believe that smart rational guys and big companies with huge research departments and a real understanding of the society are going to give that much money and expect nothing in return so their donation is probably not a charity since becoming president obama's justice department hasn't prosecuted one person in connection to the two thousand and eight financial collapse on the other hand top executives from j.p. morgan chase citigroup and general electric were recruited to work in the white house what we have cemented into place is a system of legalized bribery public elected officials are now since corporate

employees you know the flagrant sort of corruption the ability of this. patient's class of corporate oligarchy to write the laws write the legislation create a two tiered system this ultimately is going to implode according to a two thousand and twelve harris poll the majority of americans see wall street executives as dishonest and overpaid with an overwhelming amount of citizens in support of tougher regulation. and overhaul the occupy wall street movement began championing last year as millions of americans flooded the streets every day thousands facing brutal arrests. to protest wall street greed economic inequality and corporate influence over u.s. politics. as election day draws near occupy activists say both candidates have pander to their financial donors and successfully ignored the biggest american

grassroots movement to be seen in decades we see little difference between the two parties they're both basically imperialist parties and i think that one thing that i can really do is expose how the democratic system as we have it right now is basically a sham the political system is so broken in so many ways that the reason that we continue to come out in the streets and raise you know ring the alarm bells around economic injustice and economic situation in our country is because you know people aren't doing their job millions of americans will soon be heading to the polls or lacking support for either major candidate but voting against the one they liked least however what wall street successfully cementing strong ties to both presidential runners some may wonder if the winner of this election has already been declared hurry up or not our team here. and our coverage of the u.s. presidential campaign will continue on the air and online all the way up to the

vote if you can do stay with us here at r.t. we explore some of the most overlooked and outright ignored aspects of the race. what lies ahead for you will the movements mobilize calls for a new america who stands for the going to nine percent who is election a close god monday october twenty ninth on our. now russia's foreign minister says international powers should put more pressure on the warring sides in syria after the latest truce was wrecked after meeting the international envoy to syria right here in moscow sort of get out of western states and regional players to engage with president assad to go to skin off has been following the talks in the russian capital. even though it was supposed to last just four days the ceasefire in syria didn't work and now the question on everybody's lips is what happens next and both russia's foreign minister lavrov and special envoy brahimi are placing their bets

on this and even communique which was signed by wall power just both sides of the conflict in syria to simultaneously put their weapons down and also for equal pressure to be applied on both of them from the outside but according to russia's foreign minister far from all countries which signed this agreement back in geneva are playing by the rules i see in the in the lead so you'd use to russia is probably the only country along those that took part in the geneva talks on the thirtieth of june which negotiates regularly with all sides in the syrian conflict syrian government and all opposition groups with no exceptions if we expect our western partners and partners in the region to do the same they should get used to the idea that without dialogue with the syrian government virtually nothing can be achieved and this is currently a major problem in moving towards a political process in syria internal special envoy brahimi said he's sorry that the ceasefire plan didn't work it was negotiated to take place during the course of

the feast of sacrifice was supposed to end today but was in fact broken right on the first day with a deadly blast in damascus then violence continued in different parts of the country throughout the weekend and was told by another deadly explosion in the mosque us on monday and russia's foreign minister lavrov says that with these provocations taking place the syrian government is also making disproportionate responses so mr brahimi is facing a very tough task of finding some sort of a diplomatic solution and more importantly making it work he himself says that your level of distrust between the two sides of the conflict in syria is so fire right now even when they begin discussing some sort of obligations each one expects automatically the other one to break its promises. not easy going person off reporting right well can stone from the hamilton coalition to stop the war he says the repercussions of the international community's failure to help but i he me with this peace plan will be disastrous not just for syria his mandate is to bring about

peaceful negotiated political solution to the crisis in syria and if he fails in this mission what we are looking at is another meet east war which will be a catastrophe for the people of syria jordan lebanon on iraq iran and many other countries and if russia and china are dragged in on the one side and the u.s. and nato or dragon on the other it could be a catastrophe for all of humanity so there's a lot riding on his efforts to achieve a political solution and are still ahead for you this hour here on artsy it is used to economic turmoil now although greece is in for further political turmoil after a vote on the measure needs to get another cash injection and avoid bankruptcy but not all the parties are ready to dance to the use chew. and ukraine's political landscape faces unpredictable changes revamped election system puts the fate of the

country's new parliament the hands of an independent candidates including that of a former boxing champion. must be repaired and get out of the way america's east coast braces for the onslaught of hurricane sandy. no thanks that's the reaction of residents in east london to europe's largest mosque being planned for their backyard right next to the olympic site is on his pretty boy found out is not only the sheer size but the islamic group developing it but they're worried about. four times bigger than some paul's cathedral a mega mosque that will fit ten thousand people and it could be coming to london's east end if it gets the go ahead and built the river in center that will be the same size as london's looming but as a power station it would also be the biggest place of worship in the u.k. of any religion but critics have slammed the proposal saying that it would create

a muslim yes or in the course of half a soul working to bring the largest mosque the u.k. has ever seen into reality where of it architects planning consultants and glitzy p.r. teams all paid for by the organization behind the idea to bleach each amount a group that's causing significant concern this is a return beat him out of all the islamic groups has created ghettos over in toronto you know in canada right there around the world the security groups and wherever they go they create barriers they create hostility they create division they created separatism with it on assuming name the riverine centers website claims there's a demand for a new muslim place of worship in culturally diverse east london not that they're happy to talk about it it's representatives refused to speak to us when we approach the prepares site home to their current mosque it does not want to integrate the grounds on which the trying to set up here in britain and

a big way and to the british they are and to western but actually they're also anti worldly they're also worldly but this is not just going to be a mosque this is going to be a center of training in which to reach out to islam eyes muslims to harden up and maybe even lies the islam of ordinary muslims in this country and i mean so many muslims don't want that the problem here is that. muslims themselves are opposing this mosque more on the grounds that they don't want to worship their god but on the grounds that women aren't allowed the local population of muslim population has no on the site and how the mosque itself is governed all the local authority would say to us as you can confer you have received a planning application as this is currently being protested it would be inappropriate you can infer here at this stage in many ways if this went ahead to be like a tipping point and it would there be no stopping fundamentalist islam if this one

goes up well if that happens we all need to leave the country over the last one out please turn the lights off while the council ponders campaign as head of the religions say they hope the decision makers choose carefully just today let's set up shop in the british capital pali boy k. t. east london. and a lot more international news for you after a short break. horses and bayonets big bird these are the words of internet legend from the two thousand and twelve presidential debates when a candidate says something dumb or odd to so much fun to make silly pictures like these on the internet ho ho hee hee but the problem is that the person who wins the

bait is the one who makes the best argument not he who doesn't make a verbal slip ups people react to these debates like schoolgirls picking prom queen or rummy talked about big bird who our dean scream. gaffes don't matter that much it matters if the ideas the candidates present are effective or not but more importantly it matters if they will actually do them if a future can't they proposed a brilliant economic plan that could save america but instead of saying pennies let the word penis slip our gossip celebrity culture would make him lose the election for sure his opponent's army of photoshop would have hundreds of copper fellas is drawn all over the internet by the next day a schoolgirl attitude towards politics won't do anything except make fun internet means but that's just my opinion.

he. is a pleasure to have you with us here on r t today i'm live in moscow greece will have

to introduce another one hundred and fifty economic reforms to please its international creditors that's according to a leaked report from its lenders greece has been locked in talks with the troika for weeks over the crucial austerity package it would need to introduce to be saved from bankruptcy by mid november let's discuss this further now with your hand of an overt felt editor in chief of trends business magazine good to see you today so the whole proposed austerity package is already struggling to pass through greek parliament or what if another one hundred and fifty changes on demand. well huge problem that's obvious because everybody agrees now that greece needs more time but nobody seems to be prepared to put up the money that is necessary to bridge the two extra years that would be granted to greece people talking here about something like twenty five billion euros in terms of extra money. all of the money that has already been given or promised to greece that's one problem another

problem is that greece agreed to major overhaul of its labor markets and its economic policies in general and there seems to be a big problem with that respect too which has nothing to do with public finance budget deficits in government so it seems that discussions are very difficult at all levels of the issues concerned absolutely i mean you talk about all levels that's absolutely right let's change gears here from austerity measures now to taxes or there are reports that greek lenders may demand an automatic raising of taxes if reforms are not completed a kind of sovereign state allow itself to lose the power to negotiate its own tax hikes well that's you're touching on the one of the major issues with respect to the future of the euro zone and the monetary union in europe more in general it's one of two things you either have to accept the fact that you lose sovereignty. or

you will have major problems of the continuity of this monetary union so if you need money if you're in difficulty like greece is it's in a vital that those who lend you the money starts interfering with your policies so it may sound a little bit brutal or maybe a little bit undemocratic but that's the way things work if you really are in need of that much money for that long period of time it's in a vital that you give up some of your sovereignity and as a matter of fact to me. this monetary union structural and durable way every state involved in this in this monitor will have to accept this principle whether it's a politicians in greece or the euro crisis in brussels all the troika triumph or it is there are many say there are just too many cooks in the kitchen at this point let's talk about this recent scandal that's now blowing up over the past couple of days surrounding a journalist who's been arrested for publishing

a list of possible tax evaders why is it the government appears to be so reluctant to go after tax dodgers. well i think. that question is quite simple because a lot of these people are directly or indirectly involved with the government so once you start to. start to look into this. for me put it that way you will discover a lot of groups that are involved with the government directly or indirectly and another major issue for the government is of course that as we all know there's a lot of resistance within society to what the government and the troika is imposing on the population and if this population now discovers black on white paper that major parts of the elite in greece are. running away with their money or have been running away with their money to switzerland that will of course. lead

to substantial risk in terms of popular uprising and resistance against the measures the government the government of greece wants to pose on its population you know other than over the felt editor in chief of the transit business magazine thanks for being on r.t. today. for the remember you can always go to our website to find much more on the stories or pictures just so let's have a look right now for this hour at r.t. dot com and see what we've got lined up for you there right now the winners smash it all the fans of one u.s. baseball team turned san francisco upside down on. team of snatches of last ditch victory all those details on our website. plus a golden mystery a russian cargo ship vanishes at sea while carrying seven hundred tons of pressures of war vessels and aircraft are looking in through the waters and searching it so far no signs of wreckage or crew. vote counting is

underway after ukraine's parliamentary election with over half the ballots counted the ruling party leads but opposition parties have more votes in total that could ultimately pose a problem for the president victorian of covert and the balance of power could lie with a former boxing champion turned politician and where he decides to put his party's weight reporting from kiev. the future of ukraine's parliament still looks pretty much uncertain as it stands the ruling party along with the communists are winning this election with the majority of the votes but the exit poll results which came out late on sunday suggested that the opposition parties may be gaining some kind of advantage in the future parliament and in that case things would be looking very grim for the ruling party and for the current president because the opposition has been saying all along that it would impeach the president should it get a majority in parliament in one way or another but still the biggest intrigue in the future parliament is who the former boxer the former heavyweight champion of the

world. will be joining in an alliance in the case that the ruling party does not get a complete majority in parliament then it will be who will be the decisive figure if he decides to join the alliance of the opposition parties which are already signed an agreement to join you in the coalition in the future parliament things would go would go in a very much unpredictable scenario in the ukraine the parliament voting itself according to the domestic and international observers have been more or less free of any major force if occasions certainly we are waiting for the official results to come from the central action commission of ukraine but that may take several days and we expecting the final results to come out earlier than wednesday this week and we'll certainly be bringing all the latest updates and all the latest results on the great parliamentary election as we get them. straight to ankara now to kick off the aussie world update where police have used tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands in the streets who have been celebrating the founding of the turkish republic demonstrators were brutally stopped as

a try to commemorate. the founder of the secular state which many think is under threat from a shift towards increasingly islamic policies the rally has been banned by the government but citizens still voice their anger over the country's current problems including the ongoing tension with syria. for my fear. storm to head for america has forced president obama to warn the danger is very serious hurricane sandy which has already claimed sixty five lives in the caribbean it's tearing towards the east coast new jersey looks like you to be worst hit and has ordered mass evacuations thousands of flights have been grounded in the subway network shut down in new york which is being described as a ghost town the national guard is working to prevent looting. but let's get a more hurricane sandy right now from our business desk merino good to see you are here with that whole putting a bit of a damper on the markets yes. basically what's happening is that trading has been

suspended both at the new york stock exchange as well as the nasdaq i may not resume until wednesday this will affect the work in pattern of some sixty million people and there around the new york city and this for the first time this is happening since the september eleventh terrorist attacks we know that workers sandbags in manhattan just to try to limit the damages that are expected and it's not just traders are staying clear with just days now before the presidential elections barack obama and mitt romney have been forced to cancel costly campaign events in the city and this is also affecting international markets have also will be europe will see that it's a sea of red not a lot of trading going on the volumes are limited both the footsie and the dikes are setting around half a percent a similar picture here in russia of course everyone is looking forward to see what will happen in the u.s. special with hurricane sandy and since there is no where to look to when it comes to wall street trading is the picture that we're seeing right now my six setting of

science and the arts yes about a half now just to turn to the eurozone for psych and we know that it's that stricken members are seeking a solution and germany which is of course the country that all the other members rely on is having a difficult time as well and it's now for the first time lookin for its gold reserves abroad maria has the story germany owns the world's second biggest go. all the reserves with a total of thirty four hundred tons worth billions of euros after the second world war the country's infrastructure wasn't up to him and was such a valuable hole of gold bars and then at the time of the cold war the fear was that it would be too risky to keep it right next to the hammer of the r. and curtain but today both arguments are equally outdated second world war is a distant memory while more than twenty years have already passed since the fall of the berlin wall and germany's gold is still where it's been all alone in recent tweezed germany's own federal all jews admitted the gold's never been physically

checked by didn't just bank the banks heed banks saying they can be no doubt in the security of foreign deposits scientists but some experts here in germany see the country's become a victim of its good relations with the u.s. dairy not to rock the boat and ask questions in case it shows a lack of trust and take some of the golden shine off their friendship so no one here in germany can really be sure that the country responsible for bailing out its neighbors can bail out itself refreshen r.t. from frankfurt in germany that's it from business but this stay here with art see as in a couple of minutes we'll show you a special report on how a catholic priest was the immunized after standing up to a u.s. army national corporation that's coming up.

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